And the former Bristol City left-back gave an update on Aden Flint following a turbulent transfer window, a recall into the City side and the winning goal in Berkshire at the weekend for the towering defender.

Aden Flint of Bristol City looks on

"He's in a good place at the moment after Saturday [following his goal and performance at the weekend]. It's been a difficult time for him if I'm honest. But he's come in every day and worked hard," said McAllister responding to a question from the Bristol Post .

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"He's been easy to work with, he does his extras, he's always keen to listen and learn.

It was a difficult period. He's come in on Saturday, put in a great performance and scored a winning goal - he's part of the team, he's got three years left on his contract and having spoken to him he's buzzing and keen to go again," explained McAllister.

Josh Brownhill of Bristol City (Image: Rogan/JMP)

The Bristol Post also asked about how the assistant coach saw the game on Saturday and where the Robins could improve on that performance and what pleased him most in the 1-0 raid on the Madejski Stadium.

"Yeah, I think we can improve. We can be better probably in possession. But the positives were our set-up and we forced them to kick numerous times when their philosophy is to play out and build from the back.

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"We nullified that on numerous occasions and forced them into mistakes, and we won the ball up the pitch on a lot of occasions and put them under pressure and made them make mistakes. That was pleasing.

"And then if we couldn't win it high then we were very organised and disciplined in our shape and when to press," explained the former left-back.

The assistant head coach also joked that the Robins might yet field 'Flinty' in a forward position.